Rally Finland 2022
Ott Tänak is faster than Rovanperä! The Estonian beats the Finn's time by 1″9 and consolidates his lead at the top of the Rally Finland!
See you at 8:38 a.m. for the start of SS20!
The classification of SS19:
The general classification after SS19:
Kalle Rovanperä improves the best time by 5″7, with a time of 5’21″4.
Rovanperä: “There's not much more I can do. We had a fairly clean stage (…) I tried to be quick but it's certain that it wasn't a perfect stage on my part. I think Ott knows how to do it well. »
2″1 behind for Esapekka Lappi on the Hyundai driver’s time.
Elfyn Evans concedes 2″9 on Thierry Neuville’s time.
Evans: “I don’t take risks. We're trying to keep the pace but we're not doing anything crazy this morning. »
It was immediately beaten by Thierry Neuville in 5'27″1, or 3″8 faster than Katsuta.
Neuville: “We had a clean stage. It's very slippery in some places and there's a lot of cleaning to do too. »
Takamoto Katsuta beats Craig Breen's time with a time of 5'30″9.
The last of the M-Sport drivers to start, Gus Greensmith finished 3 tenths off the best time.
Pierre-Louis Loubet is currently the slowest M-Sport at 7″6 behind Breen’s time.
Loubet: “I don’t know why, but I don’t have any grip at all. It's really strange. I think the car is too stiff. »
It's also behind for Jari Huttunen, who fails 1″9 behind his teammate at M-Sport.
Adrien Fourmaux crossed the line 2″1 behind Breen.
Fourmaux: “The plan is just to enjoy and try things on the car. There's still a lot of sweeping to do, but it's good to have at least one car out front to clear the track. »
First reference time for Craig Breen on this 11-kilometer special: 5'33″0.
Little weather update: the weather is very nice in Finland, no rain forecast today!
Craig Breen takes the start of SS19, let's go for the last day of the Rally Finland!
The starting order today, with the return of Craig Breen who will open the road on these last 4 specials:
- Breen
- Fourmaux
- Huttunen
- loubet
- Greensmith
- Feel it
- Neuville
- Evans
- Lapland
- Rovanperä
- Thank you
Here is the general classification of Rally1 before the start of this 4th day:
Today, 4 special stages and 44 kilometers of racing are on the program, including the Power Stage, Ruuhimäki (11,12 km) at 12:18 p.m.
The summary of yesterday's day with a breathtaking duel between Tänak and Rovanperä, which should continue today... 8″4 difference between the two men at the start of the 19th special this morning!
Hello everyone ! Welcome to AUTOhebdo to follow the fourth and final day of the Rally Finland in live text!
The start of SS19 (Oittila 1 – 11,00 km) is scheduled for 7:23 a.m.